Activities

The Activities Chooser offers a simple way to search our range of practical activities to help you develop your vision, challenge your assumptions and create realistic, achievable action plans. Use them to involve all of the stakeholders in your project and encourage them to have their say or to clarify your thinking before sharing with the wider group.

Rollover the titles to get a brief overview of the activity. If they fit your needs click the title to view the full exercise.

Warming Up

Group warm-up Fun group brainstorming to get people thinking together, and scribbling loads of ideas... in minutes!	2+ mins	3-10+ people

Generating ideas

Vision exploration Delve into your group's aspirations; a way to stimulate new thinking towards a shared vision of the future...	1-2 hrs	3-10+ people
Invite feedback This is a way to clarify thoughts to encourage organised thinking: enabling you to turn ideas into actions.	1-2 hrs	1-10+ people
Anticipate issues Envision your ideal future - then work backwards to discover the steps you need to take from today.	1-4 hrs	1-10+ people
Evaluate changes Compare a typical working day with the ideal day - and propose changes aimed at achieving the ideal routine.	1-4 hrs	1-10+ people
Create your vision Lead your school to a shared vision; a way of inspiring and motivating everyone towards a common goal.	4+ days	10+ people

Consulting widely

Agree your priorities Involve everyone in attaching their own 'value' to a range of aims, before discussing and agreeing on the priority hierarchy.	1-2 hrs	3-10+ people
Vision development Put your educational vision into practice with a group exercise that helps identify necessary changes.	1-2 hrs	3-10+ people
Review your plans Review your strategy, appraise any school designs and visualise improvements; here's a process that promotes clear group thinking.	30 mins	1-10 people
Consult on choices Using Power League, a fun and interactive web tool to encourage debate and rank opinions.	<1 hr	10+ people
Rethink ideas By examining what might happen if we rethink our actions, we can see what is absolutely necessary.	1-4 hrs	3-10+ people
Test your plans Inspire your group with two thought-provoking exercises that help improve planning skills.	4+ hrs	3-10+ people
Turn visions into actions Encourage cooperation in focusing on the logical order of tasks needed to achieve a shared aim.	4+ hrs	3-10+ people

Moving forwards

Create your own scenarios Giving everyone the chance to get involved and have their say on all issues facing your organisation.	Weeks	3-10+ people
Customise scenarios This shows how to adapt the flexible '6 scenarios' to your own context - inspiring your group to think about their futures.	1-2 hrs	1-10+ people